Blue Jays trade Justin Turner to Mariners for minor-league outfielder

BALTIMORE – The Toronto Blue Jays continued their summer sell-off Monday , trading Justin Turner to the Seattle Mariners for double-A outfielder R.J. Schreck, according to an industry source.

Schreck, 24, was a ninth-round pick out of Vanderbilt in 2023 by the Mariners and after batting .261/.401/.464 in 78 games with 12 homers at high-A Everett, he was promoted to double-A Arkansas, where he’s gone 4-for-28 through his first eight games.

Between the two levels, he’s walked 61 times and struck out only 54 times in 378 plate appearances.

Turner started at first base in the opener of a doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles, singled in the first inning and then made a diving stab on a Jordan Westburg smash in the bottom half, touching the bag at first for an out.

But Turner didn’t come out for the second inning and word of the trade soon followed.

The 39-year-old signed a $13.5-million, one-year deal in the off-season to hit behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and has run hot and cold around a viral infection that sapped him for much of May.

In 90 games, he’s hit .257/.351/.373 with six homers and 31 RBIs.